Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana was 21.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.8 pts from 2023. That is the 108th highest of 133 countries in 2020.

202421.3%
Change on 2023-0.8 pts
Rank108th of 133Countries ranked
Series high22.12023
Series low0.71971

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana, 1971 to 2024

051015202519711976199420092015202020241971: 0.7 %1972: 0.8 %1973: 0.8 %1974: 0.9 %1975: 1 %1976: 1 %1982: 1.4 %1991: 0.9 %1992: 1.1 %1993: 1.3 %1994: 1.3 %2005: 5.4 %2006: 4.8 %2007: 5.9 %2008: 7.9 %2009: 8.3 %2011: 11.3 %2012: 11.5 %2013: 13.4 %2014: 15.1 %2015: 15.6 %2016: 15.6 %2017: 16.2 %2018: 15.9 %2019: 17.4 %2020: 18.6 %2021: 19.2 %2022: 20.4 %2023: 22.1 %2024: 21.3 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 30 values
Period%
202421.3
202322.1
202220.4
202119.2
202018.6
201917.4
201815.9
201716.2
201615.6
201515.6
201415.1
201313.4
201211.5
201111.3
20098.3
20087.9
20075.9
20064.8
20055.4
19941.3
19931.3
19921.1
19910.9
19821.4
19761
19751
19740.9
19730.8
19720.8
19710.7

Rankings

Definition

Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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What is the tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana?

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana was 21.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.8 pts from 2023. That is the 108th highest of 133 countries in 2020.

Where does this figure come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Ghana?

22.1% in 2023, the highest value since 1971 in this series.

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